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Whinchat

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q155869
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Summary

Whinchat is a taxon[1]. Whinchat ranks in the top 0.77% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (925 views/month, #1,497 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Saxicola[6]
  • Taxon name: Saxicola rubetra[7]
  • Commons category: Saxicola rubetra[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Saxicola rubetra[9]
  • Commons gallery: Saxicola rubetra[10]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[11]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[12], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13]
  • Original combination: Motacilla rubetra[14]
  • Taxon common name: crec yr eithin[15], Whinchat[16], Braunkehlchen[17], Tarabilla Norteña[18], bitxac rogenc[19], bramborníček hnědý[20], kadakatäks[21], Buskskvett[22], Луговой чекан[23], マミジロノビタキ[24], Bynkefugl[25], قليعي أحمر[26], Çəmənlik çəkçəkisi[27], Шаҡылдаҡ[28]

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Identifiers

Whinchat's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 69510[29]. Whinchat's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45513716[30]. Whinchat's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2492521[31]. Whinchat's ITIS TSN is recorded as 562837[32].

Why It Matters

Whinchat has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] Whinchat is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

FAQs

What awards did Whinchat receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

Related Entities

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · StorchPDF · 2026-09-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14880 → 68720
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14880: 68720, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/273246|batch #273246]]"
  2. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 103272
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 103272, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088359|Braunkehlchen (#102088359)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxo"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Germany, Poland, Czech Republic +79
    Taxon rank → species
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
    Original combination → Motacilla rubetra
    + 12 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007556017905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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